Edvard Westermarck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edvard Westermarck

Finnish academic

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1862

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1939

Profession: physician, university teacher, sociologist, anthropologist, philosopher, essayist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Edvard Alexander Westermarck (20 November 1862 – 3 September 1939) was a Finnish philosopher and sociologist.
Among other subjects, he studied exogamy and the incest taboo.